HIP SIPS is a guide to serving cocktails with style
Reviewed by Madelyn Miller
Leave it to two savvy women to write about classy
cocktails. Start with
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Master Mixologist LUCY BRENNAN who owns Mint and 820,
a popular restaurant and bar in Portland, Oregon.
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SHERI GIBLIN, a San Francisco–based food and lifestyle
photographer. Her work includes A Passion for Ice Cream and Grilled Cheese.
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Add lots of imagination and gorgeous visuals (if you
have had too much to drink, you could always just look at the book and
fantasize)
 “One of the top ten mixologists in the country” (Bon
Appetit), Lucy Brennan shakes up the cocktail world with more than 60 refreshing
drinks brimming with exotic combinations of ripened fruits, herbs, flavorings,
and spirits.
Guava Cosmos and Vermont Martinis add a new twist to
cocktails at six. Dinner parties are better when Mr. 820, a martini as smooth as
James Bond, is invited. And a frosty bowl of passion fruit–infused citrus punch
will jump start a typical Sunday brunch.
Add a few recipes for fruit purées and infused vodkas, the
author’s signature garnishes (like lollipop rims, citrus twists, and berry
picks), and a waterproof clear vinyl jacket, and this handy little book will
turn the home bar into a hip and happening hotspot.
HIP SIPS
www.chroniclebooks.com.
MORE TIPS FOR COCKTAIL LOVERS
Best way to taste dozens of cocktails at once
Tale of the Cocktail, an annual event in July in New
Orleans.
www.taleofthecocktail.com
Best Cocktail Recipe Books
FIELD GUIDE to COCKTAILS
By Rob Chirico
How to Identify and Prepare Virtually Every Mixed Drink at the Bar
Quirk Books
www.quirkbooks.com
101 Martinis
By Kim Haasarud
John Wiley and Sons
www.wiley.com/culinaryandhospitality
COCKTAIL PARTIES, STRAIGHT UP!
Easy Hors D’oeuvres, Delicious Drinks, and Inspired Idea for Entertaining with
Style
by Lauren Purcell and Anne Purcell Grissinger
John Wiley and Sons
www.wiley.com/culinaryandhospitality
The Sexy Bitch’s Party
Living it, Throwing it and Being It
Ulysses Press
www.ulyssespress.com
BEST COCKTAIL LIFESTYLE BOOK
The Perfect Buzz
The Essential Guide to Boozing, Bars and Bad Behavior
By David Bramwell
Published by Harper Resource
www.harpercollins.com
Best Cocktail Museum
The Museum of the American Cocktail is dedicated to
providing education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American
Cocktail. The exhibit contains over two hundred years of cocktail memorabilia
from the outstanding collections of the founders.
BEST BAR GUIDEBOOKS
Diffordsguide to City Drinking #0.1
from the Publishers of the Magazine for Discerning Drinkers
It tells the Best Hotels, Restaurants and Bars in top cities
www.diffordsguide.com
LOW CARB COCKTAILS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FROM THE MASTERS
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/Issue69/spirits.htm
LOW CARB BARTENDER
By Bob Skilnik
Carb counts for beer, Wine, Mixed Drinks and more
Adams Media
www.adamsmedia.com
Low-carb Cocktails
All the fun and taste without the carbs
By Marlene and Chuck Koch
BEST USE FOR A COCKTAIL BESIDES AS A BEVERAGE
Sandra Lee of Semi-Homemade suggests using Jose Cuervo’s
Golden Margarita as a salad dressing.
http://www.cocktailatlas.com/Golden_Margarita/Golden_Margarita.htm
WANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL?
Running a Bar for Dummies
By Ray Foley and Heather Dismore
Wiley Publishing
www.dummies.com
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